为人师表 (為人師表)
wéi rén shī biǎo
Pinyin

Definition

为人师表 (為人師表)
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wéi rén shī biǎo
  1. to serve as a model for others (idiom)
  2. to be a worthy teacher

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

陈主任，我觉得这不是顶风作案的问题。不管有没有人查，都绝对不能抄袭。这是为人师表的最起码要求。
Chén zhǔrèn ，wǒ juéde zhè bùshì dǐngfēngzuò àn de wèntí 。bùguǎn yǒu méiyǒu rén chá ，dōu juéduì bùnéng chāoxí 。zhè shì wéirénshībiǎo de zuì qǐmǎ yāoqiú 。
Director Chen, I don't think this is a problem of blatant wrong-doing. Whether or not anybody investigates, you absolutely cannot plagiarize. This is the most basic requirement of being a respectable teacher.
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